- Vacancy Reference Number
- Katz Studentships
- Closing Date
- 1 Oct 2025
- Salary
- £20,780
- Address
- School of Psychology
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
- Duration
- 3 years
We are advertising funded 3-year PhD studentships. These studentships will focus on addressing important research questions linked to understanding tic disorders, such as Tourette syndrome. Targeted projects currently include the following:
1. Develop non-invasive deep brain stimulation, based on Temporal Interference stimulation (TIS), to investigate brain areas implicated in the experience of premonitory urge phenomena and the production of tics in Tourette syndrome.
2. Use translational neuroimaging and neurophysiology methods together in a rodent model of Tourette syndrome to examine the remote effects of chronic striatal neural disinhibition which has been implicated in tic disorders.
3. Use AI/machine learning approaches to develop a means to quantify and classify tic movements and vocalisations in Tourette syndrome/tic disorder from video recordings. This studentship would be part-sponsored by an industrial partner, Neurotherapeutics Ltd.
4. Use multimodal brain imaging and brain stimulation techniques to investigate cortical sensorimotor representations and sensorimotor network function in Tourette syndrome and tic disorder.
These studentships would suit individuals with an honours level undergraduate degree relevant to each individual project, e.g., Experimental Psychology, Physics, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related subject. In addition, an appropriate master’s degree and/or relevant previous experience with one or more of: brain imaging (e.g., MRI, EEG, MEG) and/or brain stimulation (e.g., TMS, tACS, TIS).
The PhD projects would start in October 2025 and are fully funded by a generous philanthropic donation made to the University of Nottingham.
The studentships are open to UK citizens and will include a stipend of £20,780 for a period of three years, subject to satisfactory progress.
Further Information
Informal enquiries can be addressed to:
Topic 1: Stephen Jackson, Stephen.jackson@nottingham.ac.uk
Topic 2: Tobias Bast, tobias.bast@nottingham.ac.uk
Topic 3: Alexander Turner, Alexander.Turner@nottingham.ac.uk
Topic 4: Stephen Jackson, Stephen.Jackson@nottingham.ac.uk
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/psychology/study-with-us/phd-by-research/school-funded-phd-studentship.aspx
Contact Details
Stephen Jackson
Stephen.jackson@nottingham.ac.uk
